Hollis McBride & Buzz Cadenhead

When Buzz Cadenhead walked into his local Malibu Starbucks one morning and saw the new cashier, Hollis McBride, he was instantly lovestruck.

“She had this inner glow,” he said, “and it came out in her smile and the look in her eyes.”

After popping in for coffee several times a day (that’s a lot of caffeine!), they became friends. And a few months later — on Valentine’s Day 2006 — he brought her flowers and chocolates, then made dinner for her on the beach over an ambient fire.

“That’s when we knew we’d be together for a long time,” McBride said.

McBride, 24, and Cadenhead, 29, currently work at the Malibu Racquet Club, where they were married on August 6.

For Cadenhead, the ceremony was exceptionally moving. “When she said her vows it was breathtaking.” He teared up as she spoke about how she appreciated who he was and what he meant to her.

McBride was radiant in a strapless Sue Wong gown with lace overlay. She carried a lush bouquet of Casablanca lilies by Malibu floral designer Marion Curson, who also gave the 115-guest reception a vintage romantic aura with blush-tinged white flowers and grey-green succulents.

—Maxine Nunes, Custom Publishing Writer